IPRED law begins to bite - 2 arrested
In a pretty eventful halfweek, which saw the passage of the IPRED law in Sweden, a resulting drop in internet traffic to an increased demand for anonymizers, the Police have began raiding suspected file sharers. This raid was reportedly a part of an international sting operation that involved raids in Britian, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain.
The police conducted a raid against two apartments in Skövde on Thursday and the men were detained.
The prosecutor’s office in Stockholm believes that the men are part of an international network of file sharers and have decoded a large number of films before uploading them to the internet.
Swedish police were acting in collaboration with officers from several other European countries and raids were also carried out in Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain.
If these guys are charged under the new law, it will be interesting to see how it plays out as the outcome of the first trial will set an important precedent.
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